The Black Swan (The Triffids album)

The Black Swan
Studio album by
The Triffids
ReleasedApril 1989
Genre
Length46:43
LabelIsland Records/Mushroom Records
Producer
The Triffids chronology
Calenture
(1987) 		The Black Swan
(1989) 		Stockholm
(1990)
Singles from The Black Swan
  1. "Goodbye Little Boy"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Falling Over You"
    Released: 1989

The Black Swan is the fifth and final studio album by The Triffids, released in April 1989 and peaking at No. 59 on the Australian Album Charts.[1] The album was originally conceived as a double album.

In the recording sessions the Triffids were joined by producer Stephen Street (the Smiths' - Strangeways, Here We Come and Morrissey's Viva Hate).[2] The Black Swan used a greater variety of musical instruments than their previous albums with bouzouki, güiro and accordion and a more obvious use of synths and programming. The title of the album was originally going to be Disappointment Resort Complex[3] but was renamed to The Black Swan, which according to a 1989 interview by Stephen Phillips (NME) with David McComb is based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Thomas Mann.[4]

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  2. ^ Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. ^ Rock Australia Magazine - Jon Casimir (17 May 1989) Archived 27 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ New Musical Express (22 April 1989) Archived 27 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine